Web Site Not Getting Indexed on ALL Search Engines

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About a week ago I started my second self hosted web site, using WordPress and the default Twenty Eleven WP theme and posted a few test posts.

Three days ago I deleted these test posts, then replaced the default Twenty Eleven WordPress theme with a theme that I generated with the Artisteer program, and finally I uploaded my first real content on a Page (not a Post).

This page is not getting indexed anywhere. Google, Bing, Yahoo - they all don't have it indexed.

On the other hand my test posts that I posted on the site in the very beginning, to test if WordPress is working correctly, got indexed immediately and are still visible in Google's cache when I search for my site's URL.

In other words: the old deleted posts are cached by Google but my new, 3-days-old Page isn't. The page is optimized for SEO and passes all SEO tests for quality of optimization but it's just not getting indexed.

Why isn't the new content getting indexed?

  1. Is it because it's on a Page, not a Post?
  2. Or is it because the themes that Artisteer generates are not good for indexing/SEO?
  3. Is it because of my host (GoDaddy) that are known to be corporate f*ggots who offer bad services to people?
  4. Or maybe the new content is not getting indexed because now I have AdSense going on in between the paragraphs?
  5. Or is it because 3 days is not enough to get indexed? Must not be the case because my test posts got indexed by Google immediately.

BTW, I just deleted that Page and posted the same content but this time as a Post.
And guess what - my newly created post is also not getting indexed by Google (unlike the old test posts that got indexed and became searchable almost immediately).

What is going on?
Why are Google, Bing and Yahoo all of a sudden hating me now? :confused:
#engines #indexed #search #site #web
  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    Maybe it is just luck of the draw that the other content cot crawled quickly. I would give it a little longer and you might find you have been indexed. Do you have any links from authority sites/sources that get crawled often?
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    • Profile picture of the author Bulldozer
      Originally Posted by nicktyler View Post

      Maybe it is just luck of the draw that the other content cot crawled quickly. I would give it a little longer and you might find you have been indexed. Do you have any links from authority sites/sources that get crawled often?
      Yes, I did build back links from reputable sites and I am sure that at least one of the links is active and DoFollow at the moment.

      However, I think the links that I built will make Google and the others crawl my site only after they crawl the linking sites.

      So it again comes down to how often Google & the others crawl sites. I guess not too often.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    That is correct but if the sites are good and get crawled very often then you should also get crawled quickly. Maybe it was just coincidence the last time and the linking site happened to being crawled when your content went live?

    Do you have WMT? Another option could be to submit a sitmap.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bulldozer
      Originally Posted by nicktyler View Post

      Do you have WMT? Another option could be to submit a sitmap.
      WMT? What is that?
      I think I have a site map - the SEO plugin that I am using is supposed to automatically build one.

      I just noticed that my old Page is indexed now. Too bad I deleted it and replaced it with a Post, lol.
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      • Profile picture of the author mrmojorisin89
        you have to be patient, google will get to it eventually. I've had websites that took about a week to get indexed and some 2-5 hours.
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        Originally Posted by Bulldozer View Post

        WMT? What is that?
        I think I have a site map - the SEO plugin that I am using is supposed to automatically build one.

        I just noticed that my old Page is indexed now. Too bad I deleted it and replaced it with a Post, lol.
        Patience, Bulldozer, patience.

        Once a site gains authority, it will be indexed within minutes, no
        linking or other gyrations needed. Even before it gains authority.

        A sitemap gets you nothing, really.

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  • Profile picture of the author edzwoo
    For now it's likely variance, but there is a thing called trust rank that will factor into your pages getting indexed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnletton
    Sometime it takes longer time to index because once my website took three or four weeks to index but then it improved rapidly.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bulldozer
      Originally Posted by Johnletton View Post

      Sometime it takes longer time to index because once my website took three or four weeks to index but then it improved rapidly.
      Jesus... three or four weeks? Damn, and I thought it's not good if a site doesn't get indexed immediately.
      I guess I was lucky the first time around with those test posts.
      They really did get indexed immediately.
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  • Some times google takes time to index site . Have you installed auto ping plugin . If not install and do some social bookamrking
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Patience grasshopper. The young deer who bounds up the mountain can fall off the cliff if he runs too quickly.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bulldozer
      Originally Posted by UMS View Post

      Patience grasshopper. The young deer who bounds up the mountain can fall off the cliff if he runs too quickly.
      So true.
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